tyndale house

Food. Books. Two of my loves of my life. And this book is a great combination of both worlds.

Tyndale House sent me this book as part of their blog review program. And the book by Carla Laureano is one of my favorite reads this year!

It is a fictional story of a chef, an essayist, and dinner parties. Food and time together is a perfect setting for love to blossom. I mean, my own relationship with my husband started over a 4 hour dinner.

I loved Carla’s characters, dialogue, setting in Colorado. I had just read a book with a similar story line, but the romance without the sex in this Christian fiction was much better.

If you like food, dinner parties, and romance fiction, this is definitely the book for you.

This would be a perfect book to read with a book club. Have dinner. Drink some wine or just coffee…and talk about the book. There are even discussion questions in the back of the book. And her next one is due our next spring! Can’t wait!

As mamas, we all need help – and having resources to help us in our journey with God, especially in the little years that can be so lonely, help tremendously.

Lord Have Mercy is a devotional written by Ellen Miller for moms – and it doesn’t matter what stage your kids are in.

I love how it is saturated with Scripture. I love how they are short because you know that moms don’t have all the time in the world to do a quiet time. I love it how it is practical and calls you to action.

But, I don’t really see that it is so much better than other Mom devotionals out there – or even devotionals in general. I just didn’t strike me as a must read or must recommend. It may be perfect for another mom, and it is saturated with the Word of God, but just a personal opinion.